Distribution of HK-listed directors by age

This table summarises the age distribution of directors of HK primary-listed companies on any snapshot date since 1-Jan-1990. Biographies were not required in annual reports until 1995, so some age data is missing for directors who resigned before that. Biographies were not required upon appointment until 31-Mar-2004, so if a director was appointed and left between successive annual reports, then he could avoid his biography being published. For a list of directors ranked by age, click here.

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Year of birth	Age in 2026	No. of dirs	Total seats held	Female	Female seats	Cumul- ative dirs	Cumul- ative seats	Cumul- ative females	Cumul- ative female seats
1917	109	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2
1919	107	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	3
1925	101	1	4	1	4	3	7	3	7
1930	96	2	3	0	0	5	10	3	7
1932	94	1	1	0	0	6	11	3	7
1933	93	1	1	0	0	7	12	3	7
1934	92	5	8	0	0	12	20	3	7
1935	91	4	5	0	0	16	25	3	7
1936	90	9	11	2	2	25	36	5	9
1937	89	8	12	0	0	33	48	5	9
1938	88	15	20	1	1	48	68	6	10
1939	87	13	23	2	2	61	91	8	12
1940	86	22	33	3	3	83	124	11	15
1941	85	22	29	4	5	105	153	15	20
1942	84	23	28	4	6	128	181	19	26
1943	83	33	39	3	3	161	220	22	29
1944	82	42	48	3	3	203	268	25	32
1945	81	57	80	8	10	260	348	33	42
1946	80	86	109	3	3	346	457	36	45
1947	79	79	104	9	10	425	561	45	55
1948	78	118	166	13	17	543	727	58	72
1949	77	121	178	9	12	664	905	67	84
1950	76	143	187	11	12	807	1092	78	96
1951	75	157	238	15	19	964	1330	93	115
1952	74	174	225	22	29	1138	1555	115	144
1953	73	187	251	26	35	1325	1806	141	179
1954	72	229	288	25	33	1554	2094	166	212
1955	71	294	392	32	42	1848	2486	198	254
1956	70	252	304	32	36	2100	2790	230	290
1957	69	320	391	43	50	2420	3181	273	340
1958	68	289	355	41	47	2709	3536	314	387
1959	67	293	357	48	56	3002	3893	362	443
1960	66	319	397	63	69	3321	4290	425	512
1961	65	344	402	58	66	3665	4692	483	578
1962	64	514	608	93	100	4179	5300	576	678
1963	63	593	725	89	110	4772	6025	665	788
1964	62	587	720	104	126	5359	6745	769	914
1965	61	553	649	84	91	5912	7394	853	1005
1966	60	505	579	83	96	6417	7973	936	1101
1967	59	510	585	97	114	6927	8558	1033	1215
1968	58	614	712	107	114	7541	9270	1140	1329
1969	57	566	667	104	122	8107	9937	1244	1451
1970	56	624	713	164	188	8731	10650	1408	1639
1971	55	614	713	148	177	9345	11363	1556	1816
1972	54	607	699	159	178	9952	12062	1715	1994
1973	53	568	659	125	139	10520	12721	1840	2133
1974	52	598	659	154	161	11118	13380	1994	2294
1975	51	499	566	135	149	11617	13946	2129	2443
1976	50	477	533	116	125	12094	14479	2245	2568
1977	49	451	507	107	111	12545	14986	2352	2679
1978	48	462	507	140	152	13007	15493	2492	2831
1979	47	415	463	105	116	13422	15956	2597	2947
1980	46	415	473	127	153	13837	16429	2724	3100
1981	45	406	451	119	129	14243	16880	2843	3229
1982	44	394	436	102	107	14637	17316	2945	3336
1983	43	369	400	116	126	15006	17716	3061	3462
1984	42	310	335	98	104	15316	18051	3159	3566
1985	41	273	302	75	76	15589	18353	3234	3642
1986	40	254	276	93	101	15843	18629	3327	3743
1987	39	234	248	78	84	16077	18877	3405	3827
1988	38	177	187	54	56	16254	19064	3459	3883
1989	37	159	166	60	62	16413	19230	3519	3945
1990	36	116	123	49	50	16529	19353	3568	3995
1991	35	83	89	28	29	16612	19442	3596	4024
1992	34	76	84	33	34	16688	19526	3629	4058
1993	33	52	57	27	30	16740	19583	3656	4088
1994	32	46	47	15	15	16786	19630	3671	4103
1995	31	40	45	14	16	16826	19675	3685	4119
1996	30	19	19	7	7	16845	19694	3692	4126
1997	29	13	13	7	7	16858	19707	3699	4133
1998	28	19	19	12	12	16877	19726	3711	4145
1999	27	7	7	2	2	16884	19733	3713	4147
2000	26	4	4	2	2	16888	19737	3715	4149
2001	25	3	3	0	0	16891	19740	3715	4149
2002	24	2	2	2	2	16893	19742	3717	4151

	Male	Female	Total
Directors	13176	3717	16893
Seats	15591	4151	19742
Average seats	1.183	1.117	1.169
Share of directors	78.00%	22.00%	100.00%
Share of seats	78.97%	21.03%	100.00%
Average age in 2026	57.2	52.7	56.2

Note: the average age excludes any people whose ages are unknown.